Essays 181 - 210
proved to be the right choice. Burnside even gained support of President Lincoln, who approved their mission but warned that they...
also making it unique in history. Although names such as "War Between the States" and "War of Rebellion" are more accurate (Civil ...
sub-human and not capable of sharing the same type of human fears and emotions as true human beings. The assurance of inferiority ...
boil over, and no attempts to quell this surging rage would have proven effective at averting what was to inevitably follow. ...
offer, and also because they used better wartime strategies and had stellar leadership. The Civil War began in 1860 at a time whe...
a Northern state that had Southern sympathies during the war ("Jersey," 1994). He describes the border state status as the product...
was overthrown by the election of Abraham Lincoln, aristocrats in the South refused to accept the public will (1999). Southerners...
and so the South was in a bit of a quandary. Importing weaponry was an idea that made sense. Thousands of rifle-muskets would come...
was taken prisoner three times, and escaped three times. He was grazed or hit by Yankee bullets on numerous occasions, and once, h...
family is suddenly circumscribed and rests solely with the surviving brother. This changes the balance of the moral equation. Wh...
out buildings and heavy damages to their property. These people, who had formerly just grown food crops, began to attempt to grow...
Blacks have...
itself with individual codes concerning conduct of certain individuals and groups. Morally, therefore each of the dilemmas noted ...
Immigration Timeline, 2003). Many of the immigrants who came to the U.S. both prior to and after the Civil War did so out of comp...
founded by Rev. Charles L. Brace was formed and was the first "childrens organization to adopt family care, or placing-out, as its...
Slavery was a component of world history practically since the beginning of mankinds reign on earth....
record of communication between Semmes and his superiors. Boykin, in his Preface, also thanks the Alderman library at the Universi...
the twentieth century, historians began to fill in the picture created by the broad brush stokes of nineteenth century historiogra...
prompted by a growing lower class of former servants who had worked through the terms of their indentures and thus became competit...
out. You didnt know what the future might bring, or if they would survive. "Did you get married during the war?" I asked. "No, ...
have any solid answer. The following paper examines reasons why the South lost, and focuses on the fact that it likely lost due to...
book is not on any one person, but on the war and the period of Reconstruction that followed. Having said that, its still possible...
made some states different than others, thus leading to further illustrate different ideals as well as different politics and econ...
In nine pages the stories of Captain Sally and Dr. Mary Walker's spy activities are chronicled in this overview of the US Civil Wa...
In five pages this paper discusses America's pre and post Civil War sectionalism issues. Four sources are cited in the bibliograp...
the defense. Still, from these objectives flowed the strategy on each side (1990). It was an exciting, risky war and no one truly ...
During the Civil War, the Battle of Gettysburg was very important. Yet, each day, different events would occur and the focus of th...
In six pages this paper discusses the Secret Service from its pre Civil War origins to the present day protection of U.S. Presiden...
In five pages this paper considers America following the Civil War and how this time period is reflected in Mark Twain's The Gilde...
In five pages the ways in which the characters of Norma Jean and Leroy are developed through Civil War symbolism are discussed. T...